3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was a child growing up in the Netherlands, I often begged my mother to tell me this story about an experience her family had at the end of World War II.

During the terrible last winter of the German occupation, food was scarce in the Netherlands. People were so hungry that they began to eat small animals and many things not normally considered edible (可食用的), including tulip bulbs (郁金香球茎), which could be cooked like potatoes.

For centuries, my mother’s family had owned a highly successful tulip business, which provided jobs for many in our village. But the war shut their business down, and during the winter of hunger, my grandfather, Albert, donated all his tulip bulbs to feed the hungriest villagers. For years, Albert had been trying to grow a black tulip. By careful selection, he was very close. So he guarded these few bulbs carefully to prevent people from stealing them for food.

One day, it was announced that the war was over. But there was much destruction and the Dutch people still faced dangers. My grandfather looked at his pale, thin children and realized that the hunger could continue for a long time, so he made his decision. He seized a shovel (铁铲) and went into the garden. There he found my mother, Vivian, who was just seven years old, looking nervous. Over her shoulder, Albert saw a band of Germans coming toward them down the street. He whispered to Vivian to run inside the house and began digging for his bulbs. But it was too late. Someone had already stolen them. Angry and desperate, Albert ran toward the street screaming, “They have stolen my tulip bulbs!” Vivian, watching from the doorway, cried out and ran to stop her father. Before she could reach him, Albert stumbled and fell, badly hurting his leg.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Fortunately, Albert recovered slowly.
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It took some time for Albert to rebuild his business, starting with those few bulbs that were spared by the thieves.
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4 . My brother and I were driving home together and started talking. Because of this _____________, my brother took a wrong turn.

_____________, the wrong turn took us toward a bridge and, we had no way of turning back. My brother had to _____________ to cross. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the _____________ waste of $4.

As we drove forward, my brother _____________ an old black Mustang (福特野马汽车) which pulled over to the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby trying to phone someone. I was busy trying to figure out which way we went next but my brother _____________ and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a _____________ tire.

My brother helped him change the flat. We started getting to know the young man had a bad week; earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this _____________ on his way home from work. But he called us “a _____________ of fresh air” and kept thanking us because he really would have been ______________   if we hadn’t come along. After we had finished the job, he pulled out $20 to give us. “No,” I said. “We were never supposed to even get on that bridge. We took a wrong____________. But now we know why we did. It was to______________ you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a ____________ to serve.”

What ____________ me most was my brother’s calm mind and open mind. He was able to see a chance to help (which I totally missed!) even in an otherwise negative______________.

1.

A．distraction

B．recreation

C．participation

D．introduction

2.

A．Inefficiently

B．Unnecessarily

C．Impractically

D．Unfortunately

3.

A．pretend

B．pay

C．struggle

D．wait

4.

A．needless

B．unreasonable

C．abnormal

D．irregular

5.

A．powered

B．repaired

C．started

D．spotted

6.

A．discovered

B．relaxed

C．stopped

D．phoned

7.

A．front

B．flat

C．used

D．spare

8.

A．problem

B．discovery

C．ignorance

D．decision

9.

A．sacrifice

B．breath

C．journey

D．dream

10.

A．hurt

B．lost

C．tired

D．stuck

11.

A．bus

B．picture

C．turn

D．seat

12.

A．assist

B．instruct

C．sponsor

D．approach

13.

A．rule

B．chance

C．plan

D．belief

14.

A．changed

B．shocked

C．impressed

D．encouraged

15.

A．thought

B．relationship

C．situation

D．effect

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

It was a bright spring afternoon along the Maryland coast, and Jonathan Bauer, 51, a technology executive at a hospital, and his 13-year-old daughter, Ava, were taking full advantage of it. They were driving with the windows down as they headed home on the 1.4-mile, two-lane Route 90 bridge, which spans the shallow waters of Assawoman Bay. Suddenly, the calm was disturbed by the scream of tires.

Not far ahead of them, a black truck was sliding from one lane to the other. To the Bauers’ horror, it crashed into a concrete barrier, spun like a circle, jumped over the SUV directly ahead of them, and came to rest hanging over the railing (栏杆) of the bridge. Bauer hit the brakes in time to avoid the vehicles in his path.

And then another scream. It came from the truck, which had come to rest on its right side. The driver’s door flung open and a man climbed out. He dropped to the ground, then rushed to the railing. Bauer ran up beside him. The man pointed down, saying something in Spanish. In the water was a car seat. Moving next to it, a girl, about two years old. Pink polka-dotted dress, brown hair, brown eyes, terrified, floating on her back, kicking and splashing and screaming.

From around the truck, more screaming from others who had gotten clear of the accident came. Matters quickly went from bad to frightening when the little girl rolled over onto her stomach. Bauer waited for the truck driver to do something, but he was rooted. Maybe he was in shock.

He was not sure about his chances jumping from this height into such shallow water. Four feet of depth was the most he could hope for—he’d gotten his boat stuck here a time or two. And were there rocks this close to the concrete pillar (桥墩) of the bridge? But the truck driver didn’t move. Time ticking by, he had to take action. “Ava!” Bauer yelled, ready to remove his shoes. “Stay by the car!”

注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Then he climbed onto the railing.
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Finally he reached the shore with the little girl in his arms.
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6 . 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

There was a story that all the kids at my school told. I don’t know if they believed it but some of them certainly acted as if they did. On the way from my home to school there was a little old cottage. You could only just see the cottage, as if it were trying to hide itself behind the trees and bushy garden. At times the children had seen a little old woman make her way along the leaf-covered path from the front door to the mailbox. Her fingers were twisted in funny shapes, her body was bent over and her back hunched (弓背). If she lifted her head to look at you, her face was all wrinkly. “The witch at Number 97” was how most kids spoke of her. “Don’t look in her eyes,” you could hear them say. “She’ll capture you in a magic spell (魔咒), take you into the house and never release you again.”

In the mornings and at the end of the day, my friends and I would pass Number 97 in a group. We felt safer and more secure in numbers. But now, I played the recorder so well that I was asked to join the school band, and that meant staying after school one afternoon a week to rehearse (排练), so I had to walk home all by myself.

I set out as I normally would but as I began to approach the little old cottage it looked scarier than ever. For a while I hesitated, not knowing what to do. I wanted to run but felt I really needed to just walk my way as usual. I took some deep breaths and tried to think of something different: Home, supper and my bed. When I started thinking about the witch again, the cottage appeared big and frightening in my thoughts. “No,” I said to myself, “concentrate on how good it will feel to get home,” and with that I started to feel easier.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But as I reached the front gate to Number 97, my heart almost stopped.

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From then on, I visited her after every rehearsal and gradually knew her sad story

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10 . 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Everyone in the seaside town knows that Fliss has a special bond with her dog Molly. They work together, live together, and play together. The Labrador is literally at Fliss’s side all the time. If a person spent this much time with a friend, they would probably have fallen out by now, but the bond between Molly and her owner just gets stronger over time.

Fliss grew up in the city. In 2017, she moved to the seaside where she opened a bath and skincare shop. Upon arrival, she couldn’t believe how much litter was left “senselessly” on the beach. In fact, she was shocked and appalled by the “unavoidable” amount of litter she found while taking Molly for walks. Being a person who cares a lot about her surroundings, Fliss decided that she had to do something about it before the tide carried the litter into the sea, threatening marine life.

One day, while collecting litter on the beach, Fliss saw Molly running towards her with an empty water bottle in her mouth. As Molly drew near, she dropped the bottle at Fliss’s feet and set out to find other waste. This gave Fliss an idea: what if she could train Molly to find all those plastic bottles and bags, and make good use of them?

The training started and Fliss was surprised at how fast Molly learned. Before long, the clever girl would venture to the seaside on her own and come home with her “prize”. She had soon filled Fliss’s house with pieces of rubbish from the local beach. At one point, Fliss’s garage was 60% filled with beach litter waiting to be distributed to local artists for use in their artwork.

When Fliss heard paws on the door the other day, she went to greet her good girl as usual. To her surprise, she saw Molly carrying a small plastic purse in her mouth. Fliss opened the purse and gasped. Inside was a passport, several credit cards, and a bunch of keys.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Fliss immediately took the purse to the local police station.

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Three days later, a journalist called at Fliss’s shop.

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